Level Cap and Trainers
In Cobblemon Realms, trainer battles aren’t just random encounters — they’re part of a structured progression system driven by Trainer Cards, Key Trainers, and Trainer Series. This system encourages exploration, tactical planning, and a steady climb through increasingly difficult challenges.
📊 Level Cap System
Each player has a personal level cap, starting at level 25 in this modpack (default in the base mod is lower).
⚙️ Effects of the Level Cap
🛑 Pokémon at or above your cap cannot gain experience.
🚫 Trainers will refuse to battle if any Pokémon in your party is over the cap.
🎯 The strength of nearby trainers scales to your team but never exceeds your cap.
🧭 Raising Your Cap
To increase your level cap:
Defeat Key Trainers in the specific order defined by the progression system.
Your Trainer Card shows your next Key Trainer and provides hints on where to find them.
The Advancements tab offers additional milestones and clues.
🔍 Key Trainers & Tracking
Key Trainers are the main progression checkpoints — defeating them raises your level cap and unlocks tougher challenges.
🧭 Tracking System Behavior
At the start of the game, once you obtain a Trainer Card but have no active trainer series, a holographic arrow will appear. → This arrow always points toward the Trainer Association NPC so you can start your first series.
After you select a series, the arrow disappears — there is no arrow toward Key Trainers themselves.
From this point, you must use the Trainer Card information to locate your Key Trainers:
Biome names
Special conditions
Sometimes required items to summon them
🌍 Finding Key Trainers in Cobblemon Realms
In Cobblemon Realms, extra tools are provided through the quest system:
Each quest category lists all trainers in a series.
You can exchange Realms Coins to instantly spawn a trainer you need to fight directly on you.
Trainers can be spawned infinitely this way.
Cooldown: once defeated, a trainer cannot be fought again until one Minecraft day (≈ 20 minutes IRL) has passed.
Quests have an Info Button:
Allows you to activate a series remotely (You can only have one active series at a time — activating a new one resets progress on the current series unless it’s completed).
Provides a link to a progression graph showing the trainer order and their average levels.
Points to relevant Advancements so you can track series order directly in Minecraft.
🏆 Unlocking Gym Leaders & Major Trainers
Advancing isn’t just about cap increases — it also opens the door to Gym Leaders, Rivals, Elite Four, villain teams, and other major challenges.
Unlock conditions:
🥇 Beat the required Key Trainers in a series to unlock its high-tier opponents.
💠 Some require special items (e.g., Hard Stone) to summon.
🧱 Use a Trainer Spawner (found in villages or arenas) and right-click it with the item to spawn the trainer after a short delay.
🧩 Advanced content (Leagues, Elite Four, team bosses) may require multiple series completions.
Tip: Your progression is non-linear — you can focus on one path or mix multiple series.
🤝 Trainer Association
The Trainer Association is a special NPC that helps you start a new series.
Spawns near a player who:
Has a Trainer Card in inventory, and
Has no active trainer series in progress.
When close to it, your Trainer Card will:
Glow
Show an arrow pointing toward the NPC
The NPC offers a menu of series, each with unique themes, progression paths, and difficulty.
📋 Available Trainer Series
Your modpack includes all base Radical Trainers content plus the extra series from More Radical Trainers.
🟢 Standalone Series (no prerequisites)
Pokémon Adventures — Heroes from the manga, with branching paths.
Sinnoh Gym Challenge — Double battles against Sinnoh Gym Leaders.
Team Aqua — Appears in the Overworld.
Team Magma — Appears in the Nether.
Unova Gym Challenge — Full roster of Unova Gyms.
Hoenn Gym Challenge — Hoenn Gym Leaders.
Kalos Gym Challenge — Level 90+ teams with Mega Evolutions.
Paldea Gym Challenge — Newest generation gyms.
🔒 Series with Prerequisites
Team Plasma — Requires Unova Gym Challenge.
Unova League Challenge — Requires Unova Gym Challenge.
Hoenn League Challenge — Requires Hoenn Gym Challenge.
Kalos League Challenge — Requires Kalos Gym Challenge.
Team Plasma’s Seven Sages — Requires Team Plasma + Unova League Challenge.
Unova (B2W2) Challenge — Requires Unova Gym Challenge + Unova League Challenge.
Neo Team Plasma — Requires Team Plasma’s Seven Sages.
Paldea Elite Four & Champion — Requires Paldea Gym Challenge.
Starfall Street (Team Star) — Requires Paldea Gym Challenge.
💡 All advanced trainers use fully EV/IV-trained teams with competitive movesets.
📈 Progression Graph
Visualize your journey with: /rctmod player get progress graph include_defeated include_optionals Shows:
✔ Completed series
🟡 Optional paths
🔒 Locked content
🔁 All dependencies
🎯 Advancements
Each series has its own advancements, sometimes hidden.
They serve as both progress trackers and clue systems.
Rewards may include items, coins, or unlock conditions.
💡 Tips for Success
🧠 Rotate your team to avoid hitting the cap with only one Pokémon.
🎯 Prioritize trainer battles early to unlock gyms and series.
🗺 Check your Trainer Card often — especially for biome and dimension hints.
📖 Keep an eye on the Advancements tab for hidden objectives.
ℹ️ Learn More
Official Radical Trainers Docs: srcmc.gitlab.io/rct/docs/0.13
More Radical Trainers (Datapack): Modrinth page
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